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Today I found a precious post at Luzine Happel’s blog, which makes me to interrupt the pause that I imposed myself on my blog.
I deeply appreciate Luzine’s work and the hard work she does in order to preserve and teatch the art of Schwalm work.
I have already mentioned Luzine and her wonderful books (German, English and French) on this blog several times, so I have to refer this work that she’s doing on her site by adding an image file with fill patterns, which in Portugal is called “Crivo”. Therefore, it is very important for us Portuguese people this fantastic reference since we have here fewer and fewer people with the qualities and skill for its teaching. Here you can learn with Luzine!
Still she is improving it with several samplers!
I’m afraid few people will read this post, my readers are not many I think.

Há mais de um ano tinha estas duas toalhas bordadas para as duas netas mais novas, só faltando fazer a bainha aberta.For more than a year had embroidered these two towels for my two youngest granddaughters, onlymissing to embellish the drawn threads.

Se me seguem há muito tempo, lembram-se de umas linhas muito antigas, de linho e algodão, que encontrei. Os fios de linho (não industrial) em bom estado foram selecionados e separados. Serviram para fazer algumas rendas de crochet e bainhas abertas. As que estavam em pior estado serviram para decorar uma série de sacos de linho redondos.If you follow me long ago, maybe you remember a lot of very old threads, in linen and cotton, I’ve found. The linen threads (not industrial) in good condition were selected and separated. They were used to do some crochet laces and drawn threads. Those in worse condition were used to decorate some linen round bags.

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Penso que os fios em boas condições acabaram. Ainda tentei usar algum que restava, numa das toalhas, mas não sei se terei de desfazer tudo…I think the threads in good condition just finished. Even tried to use some in one of the towels, but do not know if I will have to undo everything…

linha fina linha antiga

Trabalhar com o fio antigo foi uma batalha! sempre a rebentar…para descontrair iniciei dois alfinetes de peitoWorking with the old thread was a battle! always breaking…to relax started two broochese ainda uma espreitadela de uma encomenda que tenho entre mãosand still a sneak peek of an order I have in my hands

My enthusiasm for the video was so great that I forgot small details!Para bainhas pequenas como esta não uso bastidor; aqui é indiferente trabalhar pelo direito ou avesso (aqui trabalhei pelo direito)I don’t use hoop for little open work like this; here it’s indifferent to work on back side or front side (here I worked on front side)1 – cortar o fio medindo toda a largura da bainha – não há emendas, mesmo numa toalha grande tem que se cortar todo o comprimento de cada lado;1 – cut the thread by measuring the entire width of the open work – even in large towels you have to cut the thread matching the entire long length of each side (do you understand what i mean? that English sounds bad to me…)2 – começar, pelo avesso, até meio;2 – start on back side going halfway;3 – dar um ponto de reforço;3 – make a stitch of reinforcement;4 – passar para o lado direito;4 – go to the front side;5 – cortar a ponta, para não atrapalhar;5 – cut the end of the thread;6 – começar e ver o video;6 – begin and see the video;7 – rematar passando a agulha para o avesso;7 – finish moving the needle to the back side;8 e 9 – bainha pronta8 and 9 – open work readyBom fim de semana!

After the first way of embellishing drawn threads – Overcast(ing) bar – now I’m showing you the simplest way to embellish a drawn thread. I use this way when embroidery is very rich and the hem is small.It’s my first video and is a little rough, I’m working in a crooked position, but I will improve the technique :)